Question 1.1. (TCO 4) What were encomiendas? (Points : 2)        Indian structures for religious ceremonies        Military forts in New Spain        Golden cities that the Spanish hoped to find        Spanish plantations where enslaved Indians labored  Type: MC Question 2.2. (TCO 1) The Jamestown colony was established by (Points : 2)        a joint-stock company.        religious dissenters.        English missionaries.        an aristocratic explorer.   Type: MC Question 3.3. (TCO 4) Why did colonists turn to slave labor rather than indentured servants in the late 1600s? (Points : 2)        Africans refused to come as indentured servants so they were kidnapped as slaves.        There was a decline in availability of indentured servants from England.        The indentured servants from England weren’t good workers.        Indentured servitude was outlawed in the colonies. Question 4.4. (TCO 4) What happened in the colonies as a result of the Glorious Revolution in England? (Points : 2)        England adopted a policy of salutary neglect.        The dominion of New England was established.        England enacted the Navigation Acts.        The colonies profited from the new trade regulations.   Type: MC Question 5.5. (TCO 2) At the First Continental Congress, delegates, such as Patrick Henry and John Adams, encouraged colonists to think of themselves as (Points : 2)        Americans.        Britons.        Virginians.        New Englanders.   Type: MC Question 6.6. (TCO 2) The Battle of Lexington was part of a strategy by the British to suppress the colonists by (Points : 2)        disarming the militia.        blockading ports.        capturing Patrick Henry.        laying siege to Boston.     Type: MC Question 7.7. (TCO 2) General Washington won the Battle of Trenton primarily because (Points : 2)        the enemy troops did not speak English.        the weather was cold.        his troops outnumbered enemy troops.        he surprised the enemy.    Type: MC Question 8.8. (TCO 1) Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation because (Points : 2)        states wanted the power to regulate commerce.        state governments called for a new constitution.        the federal government wanted states to collect taxes.        the federal government needed to be made stronger.    Type: MC Question 9.9. (TCO 1) Which of the following most closely preserved the government of the Articles of Confederation? (Points : 2)        Virginia Plan        New Jersey Plan        Connecticut Compromise        Great Compromise   Type: MC Question 10.10. (TCO 3) Who extolled the equality of conditions in his book Democracy in America? (Points : 2)        Lafayette        Andrew Jackson        de Tocqueville        Thomas Jefferson     Type: MC Question 11.11. (TCO 3) The creation of an integrated national economy became known as (Points : 2)        mercantilism.        price fixing.        the rise of factories.         ...

1. Question 1.1. (TCO 4) What were encomiendas? (Points : 2)
Indian structures for religious ceremonies
Military forts in New Spain
Golden cities that the Spanish hoped to find
Spanish plantations where enslaved Indians labored
Type: MC
Question 2.2. (TCO 1) The Jamestown colony was established
by (Points : 2)
a joint-stock company.
religious dissenters.
English missionaries.
an aristocratic explorer.
Type: MC
Question 3.3. (TCO 4) Why did colonists turn to slave labor
rather than indentured servants in the late 1600s? (Points : 2)
Africans refused to come as indentured servants so they
were kidnapped as slaves.
There was a decline in availability of indentured servants
from England.
The indentured servants from England weren’t good
workers.
Indentured servitude was outlawed in the colonies.
Question 4.4. (TCO 4) What happened in the colonies as a result
of the Glorious Revolution in England? (Points : 2)
England adopted a policy of salutary neglect.
The dominion of New England was established.

2. England enacted the Navigation Acts.
The colonies profited from the new trade regulations.
Type: MC
Question 5.5. (TCO 2) At the First Continental Congress,
delegates, such as Patrick Henry and John Adams, encouraged
colonists to think of themselves as (Points : 2)
Americans.
Britons.
Virginians.
New Englanders.
Type: MC
Question 6.6. (TCO 2) The Battle of Lexington was part of a
strategy by the British to suppress the colonists by (Points : 2)
disarming the militia.
blockading ports.
capturing Patrick Henry.
laying siege to Boston.
Type: MC
Question 7.7. (TCO 2) General Washington won the Battle of
Trenton primarily because (Points : 2)
the enemy troops did not speak English.
the weather was cold.
his troops outnumbered enemy troops.
he surprised the enemy.
Type: MC

3. Question 8.8. (TCO 1) Congress called a convention to revise
the Articles of Confederation because (Points : 2)
states wanted the power to regulate commerce.
state governments called for a new constitution.
the federal government wanted states to collect taxes.
the federal government needed to be made stronger.
Type: MC
Question 9.9. (TCO 1) Which of the following most closely
preserved the government of the Articles of
Confederation? (Points : 2)
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Compromise
Great Compromise
Type: MC
Question 10.10. (TCO 3) Who extolled the equality of
conditions in his book Democracy in America? (Points : 2)
Lafayette
Andrew Jackson
de Tocqueville
Thomas Jefferson
Type: MC
Question 11.11. (TCO 3) The creation of an integrated national
economy became known as (Points : 2)

4. mercantilism.
price fixing.
the rise of factories.
market revolution.
Type: MC
Question 12.12. (TCO3) The bloodiest slave uprising in U.S.
History was (Points : 2)
Nat Henthoff’s Rebellion.
The Slave Rebellion of 1831.
Nat Turner’s Rebellion.
The Market Revolution.
Type: MC
Question 13.13. (TCO 3) James Polk (Points : 2)
opposed the annexation of Texas.
purchased Texas from Mexico.
favored the annexation of Texas.
was the only governor to serve two terms in Texas.
Type: MC
Question 14.14. (TCO 2) Congress tried to resolve the dispute
between the North and the South about slavery in the territories
by(Points : 2)
repealing the Wilmot Proviso.
adopting the Wilmot Proviso.
adopting the Compromise of 1850.
repealing the Compromise of 1850.

5. Type: MC
Question 15.15. (TCO 2) In 1856, Border Ruffians
attacked (Points : 2)
a New York abolitionist named John Brown.
a group of southern farmers.
Senator Charles Sumner.
the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.
Type: MC
Question 16.16. (TCO 8) Why did Lincoln announce, early in
the Civil War, that he would not free enslaved people? (Points :
2)
He personally supported slavery.
He wanted to trick the South into surrendering.
He wanted to impress European leaders.
He wanted to keep the border states in the Union.
Type: MC
Question 17.17. (TCO 8) Which Civil War battle decisively
turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union? (Points : 2)
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Richmond
Battle of Gettysburg
Type: MC
Question 18.18. (TCO 10) Some neighborhoods, and even
industries, came to be associated with immigrants of a

6. particular nationality because immigrants (Points : 2)
could learn only one job.
refused most work offered to them.
would work only for one employer.
tended to settle in nationality groups.
Type: MC
Question 19.19. (TCO 10) Progressivism and populism largely
differed in (Points : 2)
their goals.
their ideology.
that progressives built political coalitions that transcended
party lines.
their organization.
Type: MC
Question 20.20. (TCO 7) The decisive battles in World War I
were fought (Points : 2)
in Alsace-Lorraine.
in Austria-Hungary.
on the Eastern Front.
on the Western Front.
Type: MC
Question 21.21. (TCO 7) During World War I, which of these
did the Germans use against British ships? (Points : 2)
Radar
Convoys
Airplanes
Submarines

7. Type: MC
Question 22.22. (TCO 11) During the 1920s, the stock
market (Points : 2)
rose sharply.
leveled off.
declined sharply.
became obsolete.
Type: MC
Question 23.23. (TCO 11) What brought the Harding
administration to an end? (Points : 2)
President Harding was impeached.
President Harding was defeated in the 1924 election.
President Harding died of a heart attack.
President Harding resigned in response to the Teapot Dome
scandal.
Type: MC
Question 24.24. (TCO 11) Stock speculation became common
because (Points : 2)
many banks had closed.
stock prices kept going up.
credit became more difficult to get.
investors lost confidence in the market.
Type: MC
Question 25.25. (TCO 7) What event marked the beginning of

8. World War II? (Points : 2)
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
The German invasion of Poland
The Anschluss
Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland
1. (TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of
the Constitution of 1787. Make sure you analyze the
compromises made at the convention to ensure the passage of
the new federal constitution. Then discuss the formation of
America’s first two political parties, the Democratic-
Republicans and the Federalists. What were the major
differences and who were the best-known members of each
party? Make sure you use enough details to support your
answer. (Points : 50)
Question 2.2. (TCO 2) Identify and analyze the main provisions
of the Compromise of 1850. Be sure to analyze the problem of
California and how this led to the Compromise. Then analyze
how the Compromise set off a storm of political controversy
between 1849 and 1850. Identify the key players and how they
viewed the Compromise. What was the role of President
Zachary Taylor in these discussions? Be sure to use enough
details to support your answer. (Points : 50)
Question 3.3. (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least two
causes of World War II. Then analyze America’s foreign policy
before the war, and describe how that policy changed as the war
progressed. Be sure to include a discussion of how the Battle of
Britain influenced American opinion. Make sure you use enough
details to support your answer. (Points : 50)

9. Question 4.4. (TCOs 7 and 9) Identify and analyze the main
events of the Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis. Then assess
how these events affected the relationship between the United
States and the Soviet Union. Make sure you use enough details
to support your answer. (Points : 50)